On August 20, composer / pianist Felix Jarrar will showcase “Felix Jarrar’s Summer Salon,” a recital featuring such artists as Natalie Polito, Caroline Spaeth, Andrew Jurden, and violinist Adam von Housen. The performance, which will take place at Rockwood Music Hall in New York City, will feature music by Jarrar, including the world premiere of his song cycle “Janus & {…}
Composer and pianist Felix Jarrar will present “We Come to Claim the Throne: A Recital of Music Inspired by Mary Stuart” on July 29, 2002, at St. John’s in the Village, New York City. The recital features music about or related to Mary Queen of Scots and the world premiere of Jarrar’s song, “Queen Mary’s Lament,” along with his song {…}
Composer Felix Jarrar is set to present “I’m Glad You Peaced Out: A Concert for PRIDE” on June 18, 2022. The showcase, which will take place at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 starting at 4:30 p.m., will feature Jarrar alongside soprano Marina Harris, tenor Gabriel Hernandez, and baritone Jose Cuartas. The program will include music by Jarrar that feature LGBTQ+ {…}
As part of their Springboard Season, Wakefield, Rhode Island’s Contemporary Theater Company, will present “The Voice of Gertrude Stein” on May 26 and June 4, 2022. On the program are art songs with text by Stein from composers such as Virgil Thomson, Ned Rorem, and Felix Jarrar. Featured artists include tenor Michael Gonzalez, soprano Sara DeLong, and mezzo-sopranos Julie Rumbold and {…}
Felix Jarrar is a young composer in his 20s, based in NY, that expresses the value of deep experiences and encourages the healing concept of what it means to live from a more vulnerable place, just as you are. While recently debuting his newest works at “Tada!” in NOMAD, OperaWire took a moment to visit with him about his creative {…}
Emerging Artists Theatre will present “Songs from Nature” by Felix Jarrar as part of its 2022 New Work Series. The performance will take place at TADA Theatre in Manhattan on April 8 at 7 pm. The program features two premieres. The first is the world premiere of “Otter Creek,” a jazz-influenced queer song cycle. The work follows three musicians and {…}
City Lyric Opera and Felix Jarrar are set to present “Where Sunflowers Grow,” a benefit concert for the humanitarian crisis in Ukriane. The showcase, which will take place at Christ & St. Stephen’s Church in New York City on March 25, 2022, will feature performances by mezzo-soprano Rebecca Sacks, soprano Natalie Poltio, tenor Joshua Collier, and baritone Andrew Wanningman. Audiences {…}
Four of New York’s rising opera stars are set to perform a program of popular love songs from classical to ragtime and much in between at Broadway’s Supper Club, Feinstein’s/54Below on March 20, 2022. The featured artists have performed at the Metropolitan Opera in recent runaway productions. Slated to sing are tenor Christian Mark Gibbs (Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”/Met and Ricky {…}
Composer, pianist, and coach Felix Jarrar will present a pangender concert performance of highlights from Mozart’s “Così fan tutte,” titled “Così pan tuttx,” at New York’s Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 on Feb. 26, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. The one-hour concert features vocalists Hannah Madeleine Goodman as Despina, Julia Claire Taylor as Fiordiligi, James M. Brown as Dorabella, Juan Hernandez {…}
Vermont’s Barn Opera will be holding a British-themed New Year’s Eve bash full of festivity as it presents a semi-staged production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore,” streamed fireworks broadcast from London, and a traditional New Year’s countdown with the streaming of the Times Square celebration. The event begins at 7:00 p.m. ET, on December 31, 2021, with the London {…}
Photo credit: 360 of Opera/Diego Valdez There are two certainties during the holiday season: Santa and countless performances of Händel’s “Messiah.” The two collided on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, when composer and pianist Felix Jarrar brought his subversive rendition of Part one of the baroque masterpiece to Rockwood Music Hall, this on the same day as the infamous bacchanal that {…}